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postr/StutterJan 7, 2024
4 points

Experience with antipsychotics?

Experience with antipsychotics? Anyone has used (low dose) antipsychotics like olanzapine? There seems to be more and more evidence that the pharmacological treatment can be found in these medications...

Anticipation & AvoidanceMeds & Substances
Hiding & ConcealmentHarmful Med Outcomes
commentr/StutterJan 7, 2024
3 points

Yep. It wears you down. Your world shrinks. Your ability to make money. Social. The whole lot. What can we do? There’s nothing we can do but keep going. Enjoy what we can in life. And accept our stutt...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Hiding & ConcealmentHelplessness & AgencyAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterJan 7, 2024
5 points

Hell, no. I'd rather do a job that I like and don't feel horribly comfortable in. My stammer relatively mild these days, but I still hate talking to customers on the phone. There's persisting and dev...

Emotional ExperienceAnticipation & AvoidanceSchool & Work
Helplessness & AgencyHiding & ConcealmentEmployment & Career
commentr/StutterJan 6, 2024
1 points

I've felt this way most of my life. I'm 29 and I've been stuttering ever since I could remember. Although my stutter is mild compared to some others, its damaged my mental health to the point where I ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Hiding & ConcealmentSadness & HopelessnessHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterJan 5, 2024
3 points

>She didn’t even remember I had a stutter until I told her about a few dates in. Yours must be mild (at least at the time) bcs i dont have to tell someone i stutter. They will know when i say the fi...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Hiding & ConcealmentAuthenticity vs. Masking
commentr/StutterJan 5, 2024
4 points

Completely understand you; I just arrived home after attempting to talk for a few hours. I used to be a funny guy before my stuttering worsened. The fatigue set in as I tried to make jokes, but humor ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityCommunity & Support
Hiding & ConcealmentEnergy & Biological RhythmsHumor & Community Tone
commentr/StutterJan 5, 2024
11 points

Yes. Even though I pretty much stutter covertly now, its draining. I basically live like an introvert even though Im probably actually an extravert. I don’t talk to anyone for a couple hours after wor...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Hiding & ConcealmentEnergy & Biological Rhythms
commentr/StutterJan 5, 2024
23 points

100%. It’s physically exhausting using masking techniques all day, and mentally exhausting thinking about how you’ll have to navigate different situations throughout the day....

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Hiding & ConcealmentEnergy & Biological Rhythms
commentr/StutterJan 3, 2024
2 points

positives: - I know who makes an effort to come into my life/the relationship I make with them because, let’s be real, my stutter is fairly severe and it can be hard to get comfortable with when you ...

Identity & DisabilityAnticipation & AvoidanceEmotional Experience
Acceptance & PrideAvoidance & SubstitutionHiding & Concealment+3 more
commentr/StutterJan 3, 2024
1 points

I’ve always worked in forward facing customer service. My last job was a call center. I use to use my tricks. Avoidance, word flipping, etc.. But eventually just had to say Eff it…...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & Concealment
commentr/StutterJan 3, 2024
2 points

I will write some positive aspects after many here are laughing them off ^^. I think I'm a very good listener because of it. Not just because as a stutterer you could think I don't like talking. But...

Community & SupportIdentity & DisabilityAnticipation & Avoidance
Validation & EmpathyIdentity & Self-PerceptionAvoidance & Substitution+1 more
commentr/StutterJan 2, 2024
4 points

I wish I was confident enough to say to anyone that I have a stutter. I feel ashamed admitting it, but on the other hand trying to hide it is so tiresome 😢...

Emotional ExperienceAnticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Shame & EmbarrassmentHiding & ConcealmentAuthenticity vs. Masking
commentr/StutterJan 2, 2024
3 points

Work in retail. Since this is retail/medical I wouldn't be too worried about it. If you go in with your ID ready, even if they don't need to scan it, it will help you keep from having to verbally give...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentSelf-Advocacy & Boundaries+1 more
commentr/StutterJan 2, 2024
12 points

Boxing journalist. Speak to people on the phone every day and then have to listen back to audio to transcribe interviews. I knew that my stammer was something I had to cope with and not let it stop me...

School & WorkAnticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability
Employment & CareerHiding & ConcealmentSeverity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterJan 2, 2024
13 points

Subway employee 😭 sometimes I stutter in front of them (especially those customers that watch you like a hawk while you make their sandwich) but for the most part people are too hungry to notice. it'...

Emotional ExperienceAnticipation & Avoidance
Anxiety & Social JudgmentHiding & Concealment
commentr/StutterDec 31, 2023
1 points

Nah, Your friends and partners through life will be legitimate., especially if they order for you from the passenger’s seat at the McDonald’s drive through. I can’t come up with a better positive....

Anticipation & AvoidanceCommunity & Support
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentValidation & Empathy
postr/StutterDec 30, 2023
1 points

What’s your most embarrassing moment? (If you feel like sharing)

What’s your most embarrassing moment? (If you feel like sharing) Mine was back in 2015 and I had a job interview with target for a warehouse position that a desperately needed at the time and little d...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Feared Words & NamesAvoidance & SubstitutionHiding & Concealment+3 more
commentr/StutterDec 29, 2023
1 points

My family moved around a lot, and I was always the new kid school. In a way, I was kinda forced the push though my fears and anxieties when it came to speaking.🗣️ The more I did the less fear I had ...

Emotional ExperienceAnticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Hope & MotivationHiding & ConcealmentVoluntary Stuttering & Exposure
commentr/StutterDec 29, 2023
1 points

As a PWS who had mostly hard, silent blocks and semi-automatic eye contact avoidance, my stuttering was simply confusing to listeners. It sometimes appeared as if I was having a medical situation, an...

Anticipation & AvoidanceSpeech & StutteringSocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & ConcealmentPhysical Tension+1 more
commentr/StutterDec 29, 2023
1 points

There are *aspects* of stuttering that can be greatly improved for most who experience them - namely, hard silent blocks and eye contact avoidance. When I experienced those, my communication was wild...

Anticipation & Avoidance
Avoidance & SubstitutionHiding & Concealment